Gambling in Florida under GAN test case of laws planned
Miami, Feb. 18. Opposing forces in enforcement of anti gambling laws in the winter resort battle were said to be holding councils of war. Raids by deputy sheriffs last night at two night clubs in Miami Beach and Miami seized gambling equipment valued around $100,000, signaling continued actions through the wealthy resort area.
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Miami
Fla
Ics
Olfietala
Winiter
Milami Beacd
Finley Leads Goebel Era in 11th District Race
Locharine Ky February 16 Charles Finley of Williamehurs under indictment for nine years yet never tried appears the new United States congress man from Kentucky 11th district Early returns show Finley 9244 votes to 3624 for Nat B Sewell of London from 269 of 643 precincts in a normally Republican district The election linked to John M Stobston recently appointed U S senator drew a high turnout
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Locharine
Charles Finley
Williamehurs
William Goebel
Kentucky
United States
Finney
Nat B. Sewell
London
Finley
Sewell
John M. Stobston
U. S
Aight Vols
Escort Slugged and 3 Girls Abducted Near Wichita
Three young Wichita girls, Alma Moore 14 Amy Morgan 16 and Helen Gannel 16, were forced into a car by three men on the Cannonball highway west of Wichita in the early hours. Their escort Harley Smoot was slugged and thrown from the machine before the abductors released the girls in the city after they refused liquor and resisted advances.
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Wichita
Kans
Alia Moore
Amy Morgan
Ilelen Gannel
Harley Smoot
Smoot
Entombed Miners Saved in France
Fifteen miners entombed since last Thursday in the Juorette coal mine near Saint Etianne France were rescued today. They were all reported well though hungry and lighthearted, with two groups found playing cards by lamplight as relief workers broke through the tunnel after a collapse.
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Saint Etianne
France
Juorette
Kidnaping Probe Reopened By Hanna Testimony
A 10 year old Junior Hanna says he kept the identity of the kidnapper secret for over a year. He now tells police Marl Connald, 42, killed Melvin Horst, 4, of Orrville Ohio on December 27, 1928. Connald denies the charge and two men were jailed on Hanna’s earlier testimony but later freed. The Horst boy was never found. Also the Interracial Cooperation Commission reports $600,000 gifts toward a $1,360,000 fund to stabilize its work over the next decade.
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Junior Hanna
Melvin Horst
Orrville
Ohio
Hanna
Marl Connald
Hie Tittle
Conald
Junior
Horet
New York
Commission On Interracial Co-Operation
Noted Sleuth Takes Charge Of Inquiry Into Death Of Little Boy Blue
Detective Ora Slater of Cincinnati assumed control of the Melvin Horst disappearance case in Orville Ohio. The four year old vanished December 27 1928. Slater questioned Charles Hanna and heard multiple versions from Junior Hanna about the night Melvin went missing. Junior implicated Earl Donald and described a car incident and a muffled thump.
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Blue
Ohio
Melvin
Junior
Hanna
Donald
Senate probes prohibition act drive gains support in Congress
Washington Feb 18 Investigating the enforcement of the 10 year old dry law rises as Wheeler senator of Montana proposes maintaining enforcement. The Senate Judiciary committee will hear the Wheeler resolution tomorrow while some drys back the plan. Norris chairs, Borah and Watson sit on the panel as debate opens on whether the law can be enforced amid talks of a wet and dry showdown after tariff issues. The party line shows division with a substitute likely to limit inquiry to enforcement. Public action expected soon on Blaine’s repeal move and transfer of the prohibition unit from treasury to justice. Continued on page 2.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Real Star
Washington, Fen
Senate
Capitol
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Judiciary Committee
Sonata Arya
Blaine
Temublican
Wisconsin
Treasury
Justice Department
Soviet closes churches for conversion to workers clubs
Moscow reports authorities ordered conversion of many churches synagogues and mosques into workers clubs grain warehouses schools and workshops. Bells were removed and repurposed for industry while icons, some of little value, flood the market amid protests abroad and massed worker demands.
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Moscow
Regasia
Fke
Aged Herg Saves Wife Then Dies In Fire
Miriam Richardson, 80, unable to help herself, woke to flames. He carried his 72 year old wife Anna to safety then reentered the blaze to secure valuables. Fifteen minutes later firefighters recovered him dead on the bedroom floor.
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Herg
Passenger off ship as Peacock Spit wreck continues
Astoria Ore Feb 16 The trim passenger and freight steamer Admiral Rennon with 63 crew and seven or eight passengers rocked on a treacherous Peacock Spit off the Colwi... line coast guard men on the Washington shore stood watch as the Admiral Benson signaled checks. Forty plus passengers from the Rennon were removed and scattered along the Washington side awaiting crossing opportunities.
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Astoria
Ore
Admiral Rennon
Admiral Line
Peacock Spit
Colwabin River
Washington
Fount Adams Coast Guard
W. M. Trobbing
Admiral Benson
Admiral Henson
Robbins
Wheeler Opposes Alien Registration Proposal
New York Feb 16 United States Senator Burton K Wheeler of Montana attacked a proposed federal bill to require registration of all aliens in the United States. Speaking at the American Jewish Congress fifteenth anniversary dinner, he called the plan unthinkable, arguing it mimics a rogue's gallery and endorses annual inspections with photo identity cards.
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New York
United States
Burton K Wheeler
Montana
Secretary of Labor
James 7. Mavis
American Jewish Congress
Condition of Judge Taft Remains Unchanged
Washington February 16 The condition of former Chief Justice William Howard Taft was described as unchanged in a bulletin from doctors at the White House through the White House. The bulletin by Dr Francis R Hagner and Dr Thomas A Claytor stated there is no change in Taft's condition Charles P Taft came from Cincinnati last night and spent the day with his father.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Francis R. Hagnar
Thomas A. Claytor
Isle of Crete Earthquakes Hit Crete Villages
Severe earth shocks rocked Crete on Friday damaging several villages. No lives were lost but inhabitants feared for safety as aftershocks continued. Local reports from Candia describe widespread damage and ongoing tremors.
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Candia
Crete
Explosion at Reading alcohol plant kills two
A massive blast at a Reading alcohol cooking plant and still destroyed a three story brick building, killing Thomas Mageglare and Henry Labo and injuring seven others. Suspects John Mango and Charles Biecontinu were jailed after aiding a crowd with guns. Fire units fought the blaze as rumors circulated of more bodies.
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Reading
Reading Power Company
Thomas Mageglare
Henry Labo
John Mango
Charles+ Biecontinu
Philadephia
John Muncugs
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lewla Dellman
Philadelphia
Newton Savage
Parkeenford
Init Schuler
Rioting Albion students face 55 warrants after riot
Albion Michigan February 18 1930 Prosecutor William J Kearney announced warrants issued against 55 Albion College students on disorderly conduct during riot after basketball win over Alma College. About 300 students joined a disturbance starting at a theater and escalating to jail doors and damaged trucks. college to bring suspects before Judge George Markle.
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Albion
Mich
William J. Kearney
Albion College
Alma College
George M. Markle
Catapult Accident Kills Navy Airman
Norfolk, Va Feb 16 Lieut Walter George Marner attached to the U S Nevada was killed aboard that ship today while taking off from the catapult of the vessel A powder charge used to launch the plane reportedly exploded blowing him to bits Maeger was the son of Frederick Ma ger of Thergton New Hampshire widow and four month old baby are in Norfolk
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Norfolk
Walter George Marner
U. 8
Nevada
Cuban
Maser
Frederick Mager
Thergton
N. 1
N. 1. Iay
Norfork
People of Mexico Will Lose Arms Campaign Broadening
Mexico City February 16 detectives seized pistols from civilians on street cars theaters and saloons as part of President Ort Rubio plan to confiscate weapons with permits. The nationwide drive will extend across the country. Woodward Oklahoma February 16 a farmer Revert Hunter 63 was found dead by his smouldering haystack on his farm two miles east of town authorities cited possible self inflicted sorrow amid ill health in his family
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Mexico City
Ort
Rubio
Mexico
Eithens
Ihone
Woodward
Okla
Revert Hunter
Peking man skull likely belonged to a woman
Peiping Feb 16 Dr Black Canadian custodian of the skull that sparked the Peking man theory announced the skull was probably female after partially removing the surrounding stone in which it was embedded. Roy Chapman Andrews called the find one of the most important in human evolution.
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Peiping
China
Davison Blank
Black
Here
Roy Chapman Andrews
Dr. Black
Fire in Martingdale Threatens Village
A fire in Martingdale spread by high winds threatened the east side of the town today before the effort of the entire community reduced it. The blaze was discovered at noon and the house and much of Charles Partington’s furniture were lost. The property belonged to J. H. Werton and was formerly owned by J. J. Barr. Volunteers saved much of the Partingtons’ belongings. The house was insured.
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Martinsdale
Filerea
Charles Partingtom
J. H. Werton
J. J. Barr
Charles Partington
Partingstons
Two Killed While Setting Up Aerial in Camas
In Camas Washington on February 16 Floyd Jones twenty six and J T Waurlan twenty eight were electrocuted while lengthening an aerial line. The men, residents of Camas, touched a high tension conductor and were killed instantly. The incident occurred during a utility setup and thousands of rolls of power were affected.
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Camas
Wash
Floyd Jones
J. T Waur‘lan
Democrat Granfield Wins Vacant Nome District Seat
Democratic leaders hailed a shift in political winds as William J. Granfield, congressman from the former President Coolidge era Nome district in Massachusetts, won the seat. He carried every ward in Northampton, the former Republican home city of the late chief executive, to fill the vacancy left by Representative Maynor's death.
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William J. Granfield
President Coolidge
Nome
Massachusetts
Granfield
Northampton
Nommally Republint
Maynor
Bank blast and fire disrupt Baltimore interior
An explosion attributed to gas, followed by a fire, damaged the Mercantile Bank building in downtown Baltimore injuring an apartment resident and causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Elevator doors were torn loose and a second floor insurance office was damaged as investigators weigh gas causes.
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Baltimore
Mercantile Bank
Isurance
Lremen
Chicago Gangster Admits Raid on Western Union in Detroit
Detroit police captured Chicago gangster John Susuly who confessed to taking part in the Western Union Telegraph office holdup. He admitted shooting Patrolman John Ralls, while offering no information about accomplices. Susuly, famed escapee from Cook County Jail, was captured after midnight with a police stakeout surrounding his apartment. Raymond O’Loughlin, who fled with him, was killed in the holdup.
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Detroit
John Si
Euly
Chicago
Ranester
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
Stanly
John Ralls
Pallee
Susuly
Cha Cook Joounty
Raymond O'Loughin
Three Children Die in Missouri Farm House Fire
Three children, Gerald 14 Vernon 9 and Ror 7, died in a two story house fire on a farm southeast of Desoto Missouri. The blaze destroyed the home where their parents also resided.
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Missouri
Desoto, Mich
Milan
Desoto
Gerald
Vernon
Ror
Wil Mam beFerland
Big City Snow and Cold Bring Relief and Hardship
New York endures a weekend snowstorm followed by record cold. Temperatures drop to seven above, shelters fill, and 400 in the Bowery Salvation Army refuge find warmth while many sleep in benches and stations. About 5,562 unemployed gain temporary relief from snow and cold as plows and trucks clear streets. In New England, a fierce storm and gale disrupt travel along the coast, with Cape Cod worst hit and roads impassable though no deaths reported.
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New York
Bowery
Salvation Army
Boston
New England
Cape Cod
Cape
President Hoover Heads for Home
President Hoover travels home aboard his train en route to Washington after a brief Gulf stream vacation. The Hoover party stays in their private car with Mrs Hoover and guests reading and conversing, including Associate Justice Stone and Mrs Stone.
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Robert S. Pickens
Associated
President Hoover
Washington
Gulf Stream
Esxecutiva
Hoover
Justice Stone
United States Supreme Court
Stone
Vernon Kellogg
The
National Research
Premier Andre Tardieu Confined by Grippe
Paris reports Premier Andre Tardieu ordered to bed by his physician as grippe with laryngitis and 101-degree fever forces cancellation of his planned return to the London naval conference next Wednesday. Rest ordered for several days.
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Paris
Andre Tardieu
London
Tardieu
Less Drinking Reported Among High School Students
Washington reports indicate a drop in student drinking under prohibition laws, based on early survey results described by J. W. Crabtree secretary of the National Education Association. He said the Law Enforcement Commission sought EA aid in gathering information and noted preliminary indications of reduced youth drinking.
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Washington
Tawaa
Regnent
Law Enforcement Commission
J. W. Crabtree
National Education Asanciation
Commission
Crabtree
Uberty
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Temblor
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Marshall
Suan Markle
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Martingdale
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Oho
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Grippe
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